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Woman Around Town: Jennifer Sheehan Has a Calling

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town

The little brown-haired daughter born to Jan and Diane Sheehan almost arrived performing. At 2 ½ she could credibly manage “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” “in

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Meeting Maria

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around

John Brownlee was a celebrated baritone known not only for his superb voice, but also his ability as an actor. As the daughter of this

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Fresh Air and Lyric Flights: Jennifer Sheehan

Monday, March 21st, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

At the ripe old age of nine, Jennifer Sheehan learned and performed thirty Cole Porter songs with a local children’s theater group. “We showed St.

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Woman Around Town: Hilary Kole—Jazz is Her Bailiwick

Monday, February 21st, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town

Twenty-one year-old Hilary Kole attended The Manhattan School of Music as a Jazz Commercial Composition major, one of three program auditions she passed with flying

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Barbara Flood—Her Own Best Creation

Monday, November 8th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town

As an adolescent in Manhattan, Barbara’s European parents sent her to the private, conservative, upper middle class girl’s school, Calhoun. Each day, she’d leave a

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Woman Around Town: Stephanie Chase–Classical Violinist

Sunday, November 15th, 2009
by Abby Cañeda on Woman Around Town

After first picking up the violin before the age of two, Stephanie Chase went on to give a private performance for famous comedian Jack Benny

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Jazz Standard at Blue Smoke

Monday, August 3rd, 2009
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

Cool jazz and hot barbecue—the perfect combination for a warm summer night. The Jazz Standard at Blue Smoke combines both ingredients for anyone who loves

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